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402 73oard of 'dea.ith Meeting December 12, 1933 The regular monyhly meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, December 13, 1983 at 7:15 p.m. in room G-1 ( Recreation Office ) of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Mr. James W. Lambie, Chairman; Michael S. Erdos, M.D., Linda Roemer, Ph.D., George A. Smith, Jr., Health Director and Deborah J. Halko,Intern/Sanitarian. Minutes of the November 14, 1983 meeting were accepted as read. At 7:30 p.m. Ms. Susan Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager, met with the Board to discuss the possibility of hiring a permanent sanitarian for the Health Department. Mr. Lambie welcomed Ms. Adler to our meeting and said they are glad to have this discussed because of the workload that the Health Director has. Ms. Adler said that the Manager would like her to make a report and a survey of the needs of this position. Mr. Smith told the Board that he had discussed this with Susan because of the extra work that has come to the department. de said it would be better for him if we could have a permanent sanitarian instead of his having to keep training new new sanitarians and then they leave after a year (or less) and other communities reap the benefits of his teaching. Ms. Adler said that they (the town mgr's office) had done some surveys before and she will pull them out of the file and get them updated. Mr. Lambie, Chairman of the Board, said he also had looked up salaries and positions in other towns and most of them have more help then we do. Mr. Lambie gave Ms. Adler a copy of his survey but said that the salaries were outdated. Mr. Smith stated that much more work has come to the health Department in recent years and the time has come to have a sanitarian permanently. Mr. Smith said he also is the Leash Law Administrator and the Animal Control Department has turned from one truck and a dog officer to a full department of its own and that is also in the Health Office. The Board members felt that the intern program has been great but it takes time for Mr. Smith to train them, taking away from other duties every year. Ms. Adler said she cannot guarantee a.yything le this time but she said it would be only a permanent part time job at its best. It would have to go through the Town Manager, Selectmen, Appropriations Committee and the town meeting before it becomes a reality so it will not happen soon, Ms. Adler said, in the meantime, she will put a job description together and set a salarT. staff. The Manager wants a review of the whole department including the secretarial Ms. Adler will also survey other towns for their positions and salaries. Dr. Roemer said that it does not tell the whole story because the health Department gets emergencies such as recalls of food, communicable deseases, food poisonings, housing problems, etc. 1 1 1